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1997 NHL Draft

Ladislav Nagy in the 1997 NHL Draft

St. Louis Blues selected Ladislav Nagy 177th overall in the 1997 NHL Draft, with the 16th pick of round 7.

He was the sixth of the 6 Slovaks selected that year. It was the sixth of the 9 picks St. Louis Blues made in the draft. Of the 246 players selected in 1997, 101 have played in the NHL regular season. His 435 games put him 28th in the class.

Overall pick
177
Round and pick
Round 7, pick 16
Drafting team
STLSt. Louis Blues
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 174–180 in the 1997 draft

  1. 174Jerad SmithDCHI
  2. 175Johan HolmqvistG99 GP · 48 WNYR
  3. 176Kevin BolibruckDEDM
  4. 177Ladislav NagyL435 GP · 311 PSTL
  5. 178Tony MohagenLANA
  6. 179Mark MooreDPIT
  7. 180Jim BaxterDBOS

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1997 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1997 class

6th
of 6 Slovaks selected
101st
of 136 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Slovaks selected

  1. 12Marian HossaR1309 GP · 1134 POTT
  2. 17Robert DomeL53 GP · 14 PPIT
  3. 38Stanislav GronC1 GP · 0 PNJD
  4. 81Karol BartanusRBOS
  5. 131Jiri BicekR62 GP · 13 PNJD
  6. 177Ladislav NagyL435 GP · 311 PSTL
Every pick from Slovakia in the 1997 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Ladislav Nagy made his NHL debut on November 22, 1999, 2 years and 154 days after the draft.

435
Games
115
Goals
196
Assists
311
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

St. Louis Blues picks in the 1997 draft

  1. 40Tyler RennetteCSTL
  2. 86Didier TremblayDSTL
  3. 98Jan HoracekDSTL
  4. 106Jame PollockD9 GP · 0 PSTL
  5. 149Nicholas BilottoDSTL
  6. 177Ladislav NagyL435 GP · 311 PSTL
  7. 206Bobby HaglundLSTL
  8. 232Dmitri PlekhanovDSTL
  9. 244Marek IvanLSTL